The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2000

Best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise

AWARD DATE: 2000

AWARD NAME: The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 2000

AWARD RECIPIENT: Chris Anderson

AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Aurora for The New York Times Magazine

AWARD HONORED WORK: “Desperate Passage”

The judges agreed that Chris Anderson’s brave work in documenting the harrowing journey of Haitian refugees from their homeland met the exacting standards of the Capa Gold Medal. Anderson’s courage and enterprise are undeniable as he takes us aboard a boat carrying Haitian refugees on a perilous journey. Befitting the circumstances, his images are in black and white. They vividly project the confining reality of the hell within the ship’s hold.

Citation(s) for Excellence:
Rafiq Maqbool
Associated Press
“Srinagar Blast”

Chris Gerald
Agence France-Presse
“Hell on Earth: The Middle East”